Albany daily democrat., February 27, 1920, Page 2, Image 2

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ALBANY. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27
THE TREATY IN THE CAMPAIGN
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It begins to appear that, after all, the treaty will be
thrown into the campaign. That may happen from failure
to ratify it. Or in case ratification is accomplished before
the party conventions, it may happen from the determina
tion of the bitter-enders to repeal it. Senator Johnson has
already served notice that in a certain contingency he will
go before the country on a platform demanding that the
united States give immediate notice of withdrawal from the
League of Nations.
Perhaps, after all, that would be the best way out of
it.' Few people want the treaty issue debated during the
campaign the public is sick of it, and there are many vital
domestic issues that ought to have a free field. Still, there
would be some advantages. With the treaty once formally
ratified, the powers that won the war could proceed to liqui
date the victory with more authority and success. And then,
the question of whether or not the United States should
withdraw from the league, though sprung prematurely,
would give occasion for a referendum showing how the
public really stands on the League question.
Most friends of the League would probably welcome
such a test. And while it would badly muss up the cam
paign, the question might be settled so decisively that the
consequent peace and certainty would make it worth while.
CONGRESS BESTIRS ITSELF
As a result of the insistent campaign that The American
Legion has been waging on the question of legislation call
ing for additional compensation for ex-service men, Con
gress appears to be abandoning the dilatory tactics that
they have displayed for the year past on this subject, fcvi
dence is being given that in the near future some one of the
87 pending bills covering this issue will be passed and the
long suffering patience of the 5 million men who served un
der the nation's colors in the great war will be justified.
Politics are besmirching the record of Congress on this
matter concerning which partisanship should never have in
truded. Democratic leaders charge the republican majority
with attempting to shelve the issue and consign it to the
graveyard. A year and a half has passed since the signing
of the armistice and although numerous bills providing ad
ditional compensation for veterans have been introduced no
hnal action has been taken on any of them.
Responses to the wires sent to the Oregon delegation
at Washington by the Alfred E. Babcock post of The Ameri
can Legion are reassuring, senator Chamberlain and
Congressman C. N. McArthur declare they are strongly ad
vocating a bonus for ex-soldiers. McArthur advises that he
has voted to turn all pending bills over to ways and means
committee with a recomendation for immediate action.
Americans would feel more kindly toward the rest of
the world again if, just for a while, the rest of the world
would stop trying to borrow money from us.
The queer thing about Hoover's boom is that nobody
seems to know what party he belongs to, any. more than they
knew about Gen. Grant in the spring of '68.
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Comments of the
State Press
Right Mi
Bainbrtdge Colby is well qualified
to be secretary of stale to President
Wilson. Oregon ian.
The School Teacher
The school teacher is generally sup,
posed to spend two hours a day out
side of the classroom on outlines
for class work and on schedule-making.
Also the teacher is supposed
to wield an influence in the commun
ity and to keep well informed and
show an intelligent interest in pub
lic affairs. All this, in addition to
classroom teaching, frequently nec
essitates more than an eight-hour day.
Baker Herald.
: A restrict could do there fore would
be to re-elect a man who has the
' intestines to stand up for the public
he represents rather than for any par-
tirular clu-s merely because It hap-
pens to control a lurge number of
: votes. This is no time to elect a
i congreisman with a rubber spine.
I Corv illis CaXette-Times.
Name WiUEndtare
Robbert . Peary, discoverer of the
North Pole, is dead but his name
will endure as long as the history of
man is written. Astoria Budget.
Choice of Secretary of State j
The choice of Everett Colby, a Pro- I
sressive Republican as secretary of '
State by President Wilson emphasiu-s j
the confusion of parties as they e "st
todRy. Colby succeeds Lansing, a 1
reactionary Democrat. Both parties ;
contain reactionary and Drorrrssiv..' '
elements, and there is no difference
between them except party labels and
the prejudice they engender. CaDi-
tol Journal.
The public is less concerned with how much money the
coal operators made during the war' than it is with how
much coal they're producing this winter.
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Make that
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Majestic two Unit $15.00
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t'sc Resources
The Almighty gave us the Columbia
river and a magnificent port. He
left to the hand of man the work of
making that port useful. Wt have
thus far been satisfied to point with
pride to our great natural advantages.
Isn't it about time that we put those
resources to a practical purpose?
Columbian.
On Political Black List
Congressman McArthur is on the
labor political black list because he
dared in Congress to oppose strikes
that would tic up interstate commerce
The best thing the First Congresslon-
Ksults Avertied
A friends of the Guard asked iron
ically the other day if it would not
be possible for us to find a single
fault cr blemish In President Wil
son's character or a mistake in his
administration of public affairs.
Of course we could, lots of them.
But why should the Guard do that
when hundreds of partisan newspa- j
pers are doing nothing else but adver
tising the faults and weakness, real
and imaginary, of the president ?
The anvil chorus is deafening as it is.
and what good purpose would be ac
complished by adding to the din?
Eugene Guard.
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Today's Calendar
of Sports I
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Racing
Winter meeting of Cuba-American
Jockey Club, at Havana.
Winter meeting of Business Men's
Racing Assn., at New Orleans.
Basketball
Central A. A. U. championships, at
Chicago. ,
Bowling j
Association opens at Duluth.
Skating I
Dominion speed skating champion-'
ships, at Winnipeg. 1
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Boxing
Pal Moran vs. Benny V'algcr, 15
rounds, at New Orleans.
Willie Jackson vs. Frankie Schoell,'
10 rounds, at Buffalo. j
Ralph Brady vs. George Chancy, 12
rounds, at Baltimore. I
Ray Long vs. Harvey Thorpe, 10'
rounds, at St. Louis.
Joe Benjamin vs. Bud Anderson, 10
rourAls, at Portland, Ore.
Native Poetry j
THE ARGONNE
There Is a sector Umn the Kivur
Meuse,
Krotu Verdun North and West,
Where there are waves of German
graves
And thousands of Frenchmen rent.
Where the Huns assaulted and stunn
ed Verdun,
With llowitucrs, Bayonets and Gas,
Where the Frenchmen Stood to their
knees in blood
And vowed that no llnchu should pass.
Where the Crown l'rineo watched thru
a powerful glass
From a distant hill in the rear
And saw his Tyrant I lord, tepulsed
Till his soul turned blurk with fear.
When the Heavens moaned and hu
manity groaned,
(lone mad in the rirey den;
Where the streams run red, in the
hills were spread j
With the hnncs of a million men, ,
The Huns were appalled at the sacri
fice, j
They dug in for they couldn't advance
And Hiiitoty tells how the French
men held
The lives that protected France.
All this, you know, was months atfo,
In the year Nineteen Fifteen.
Tho' summers have sped o'er those
mingled dead,
And the grass on their graves is green
It was thus stood the lines in Sep
tember, 1
In the year Nineteen Fifteen,
Where a gallant band, from Yankee i
Land.
Appeared on the war torn scene, , '
They came in Companies, Battalions,
Brigades, '
Till hundreds of thousands were thvre,
They filled every gap in the Allied
line
With suport and reserve to spare. j
They took command of each valley
and hill - i
They manned each outpost and trench
Thru the mud they crept to the tiring
line :
To relieve the tired French. '
They placed their guns so they faced
the Huns ,
So close that wheel touched wheel
And piled on the ground was a mil
lion rounds i
Of America's hardest steel. !
The Huns had held these hills for
years, I
And vowed they'd never retreat.
But we went out there to drive them
back
And we did pretty dam "toot sweet,"
At misty dawn came the xcro hour
Our guns rut loose with a roar.
And our dough boys sprang with a
mighty yell.
Over Hill Three Hundred and Four
Wa charged across those shell-torn
graves,
Shielding our breath from the smell,
Of tlis Ciernmn lead we had no dread
Hut the stench from those graves
was hell.
Wa fared the famous Prussian Guard.
The Pride of Kaiser Bill,
They fought us hard, but yard by
yard
Our rookies gained the hill.
The German batteries fired point
blank
From tho heights of Montfaucon
We rushed them, took them, passed
them,
Ami entered the dense Argnnne.
Then thut wilderness with dentil traps
set.
Screaming shrapnel and barbed wire
thorn,
Our ranks grows thin but we carried
on,
With a fighting spirit born.
We advanced fifteen kilometers,
Thru the fiercest kind of lire,
Thru ii'ud, and blood ami underbrush,
And acres of tangled wire
The lloche machine guns barked all
duy,
The sniper took their toll,
That night there were many un
answered names
When our ('. (. called the roll.
That sector is up near Verdun,
And mean it used to be
But the Yankees moved it to Hell and
gone,
llnck Into Germany.
The Germans learned a lesson
In the Verdun hills that day.
They learned that right could conquer
might,
And that right was the IT. S. A
ONE OF THE HOYS.
TODAY'S EVENTS
The Dominican Republic today cele
brated the anniversary of Its found
ing. The former German Emperor and
Empress today enter upon the 4Uth
year of their wedded life.
The annual meeting of the Minne
sota Editorial Association will open
at MiniieaKills today and continue
over tomorrow.
Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer Is to be the guest of honor and
chief sH-aker at the annual dinner of
tho New York County Lawyer's Asso
ciation, to be held tonight in New
York City.
The Department of Justice at Wash
ington has fixed today as the date for
the filing of the Government's bill,
the answers of the defendants and the
final decree In the meat packing dis
solution rase.
Dry Old Growth Fir, Cord
and Slab Wood
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Planning that Garden
With the first appearance of Cock Robin signs of
spring bring thoughts of that garden that will furnish
you with so much pleasure in the making and so much
luxury and real satisfaction in the eating of your own
grown vegetables a few weeks hence.
But to garden you must have tools, and our tools
are of the right kind and quality. Better look over
yours.
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